Outreach

To get a better grasp of children’s health, College of Education & Human Development doctoral student Elgin Andrews is working with After-School All-Stars Atlanta — a program run by the Department of Kinesiology and Health that provides comprehensive after-school programs for at-risk students in the metro Atlanta area — to study how curriculum and policy can be geared toward urban youth to increase their overall health.

Graduate Scholarships and Assistantships

Applications are currently being accepted for the annual CEHD Doctoral Dissertation Support Grant (Deadlines: First Monday in October and First Monday in March). All CEHD doctoral students who have an approved prospectus may apply for this grant. The CEHD will award a maximum of 10 grants for $1,000 each (up to 5 per semester), depending on the quality of proposals and availability of funds. Awards may be used for research expenses, including purchase of manuscripts through interlibrary loan, software, data collection expenses, professional travel and any other expenses that are allowed by Board of Regents accounting rules and as approved by the Associate Dean for Graduate Studies and Research. All funds awarded must be spent within 12 months of receipt of the award.

In order to qualify for this award, all supporting documentation must be submitted by e-mail to coedissertationsupp@gsu.edu by 5:00 p.m. on the first Monday in October for the Fall award cycle, and the first Monday in March for the Spring and Summer cycle. All information should be submitted as one PDF document in the order indicated below. The Committee on Research and Scholarship will review all applications and recipients will be chosen and notified within one month after the deadline. For more information, please contact Associate Dean Walt Thompson 404-413-8365 or wrthompson@gsu.edu.

Nomination Requirements and Submission Materials:

Cover letter (include degree program and contact information)

Two-page summary of the approved prospectus

Nomination letter from doctoral chair addressing all of the selection criteria

Detailed budget for the use of grant funds.

The CEHD Committee on Research and Scholarship will evaluate applications in each of the following areas:

Significance or potential impact of the proposed study

Feasibility of the proposed work

Methodological soundness

Quality of the students’ writing

Appropriateness of the budget

At the completion of the award cycle, students should send a summary description of how they used the funds to support their dissertation work to the Associate Dean for Graduate Studies and Research at wrthompson@gsu.edu.

The Georgia State University College of Education & Human Development Dean’s Doctoral Research Fellowships recognize outstanding scholarly accomplishments and the academic potential of newly admitted research doctoral students. Recipients of these four-year fellowships embody the highest standards of scholarship in our graduate programs. As funding permits, the Office of the Dean will determine the number of fellows and the amount to be awarded which includes tuition remission for four academic years.

I-MAST Robert Noyce Scholarships will be awarded to students interested in pursuing secondary science teacher certification program at Georgia State. I-MAST offers two entry points for becoming a Noyce Scholar with the purpose of attracting both undergraduate STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) majors and STEM graduates into secondary (grades 6-12) science teaching careers.

The TEACH Grant Program provides up to $4,000 per year ($16,000 total for an undergraduate program; $8,000 total for graduate studies) in grants to full-time students who plan to teach full time in high-need areas at schools serving students from low-income families.

This Margaret Jones Scholarship is awarded annually to an undergraduate or graduate student who is either preparing to teach or is currently teaching health and physical education at the elementary or middle school level. An undergraduate grade point average of 3.0 is required. Application forms may be obtained from the Department of Kinesiology and Health at the beginning of spring term.